It is the thick of August here...cicadas screaming; soupy, hot and humid. Not my favorite month. We've spent the last week or so hunkered down inside with the air conditioning putting away, paring down and packing, packing, packing. It is so freeing to get rid of years worth of accumulated detritus. With every bag I haul to the dump, with every freecycle pickup, my soul literally feels lighter. There's an echo in our rooms now.
It's been a long time since I've been possession-less enough to feel truly mobile. In fact, I've spent the last fifteen years or so in the the pursuit of accumulation - accumulating the things that have come to define me. It's really exciting to set those things aside and just get on the plane.
Ok, reality check - I'm now looking at seven packed (70 lbs allowed per bag - that's huge!) with more to go. So, we're not exactly traveling light. Still, it's exciting.
The kids have been a big help. Carina helped me empty the entire fridge out, washing and recycling all those little glass bottles of curry paste, pickles and jam. They've been watching a little more tv than is probably good for them but that's just how it goes sometimes. Besides, John and his dinosaurs aren't complaining.
56 hours left.....
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